Abuhosro

Abuhosro or Abu-Khusro, also Abuhisro and Abuhuasro was the ruler of the state formation Sarir (modern-day Dagestan) in the middle of the 8th century and during the reign of which caliph Marwan II invaded Dagestan.

Etymology His name is first found in the Georgian work “Historical Chronicle of Pseudo-Juansher”, which says that in the 8th century Tushetians, as well as “Khunz and all pagans of those places” were ruled by prince Abuhosro, to whom the “Historical Chronicle” gives the Georgian title eristavi – "duke". The second part of the name Abuhosro – "hosro" – means in translation from the Persian language "ruler, king" Forms a gender descending patronymic for the first-born son, )). In the annals of the Ghazi campaign on the "Shubut" society, Urus is directly named the father of Saratan, and that they are the descendants of Abu-Khusro.

History In the Georgian source “Historical Chronicle of Pseudo-Juansher” it is said that in the era of Marwan’s campaigns, who subdued Khunzakh in 739, Archil of Kakheti, the son of Stephen, was the ruler of the Caucasus and adjacent territories in Georgia, and his contemporary was the ruler of the Sarir people – Abukhosro. In the above-mentioned work it is reported that after the departure of Marwan II from Georgia, king Archil arrived in Kakheti. It is further said that at that time, prince Abuhosro, to whom the “Historical Chronicle” gives the Georgian title of eristavi (duke), Instead, he built a fortified city of Nukhpati in the interfluve, but the caliph came and exterminated the Nukhpats”. Researcher G. Geybullaev identifies "Nukhpati" – a fortress in the interfluve - with the Avar village of Nukhbik, which is about 25 km (15.5 mi) south of the modern city of Zaqatala.

The last place where his name is mentioned in the chronicler is that approximately 50 years after chaliph Marwan's campaign against Georgia, that is, between 785 and 787 the Georgian ruler Archil created an interesting marriage union. ), to one of the relatives of the South Georgian sovereign princes who bore the Iranian title of pitiakhsh (vice-king).